Box opener



Nov. 13 1923.

3,473,892 A. B. VIETH, SR

Box OPENER Filed June 15. 1922 Patented Nov. i3, 1923.

iibiiiq ALBERT B. VIETI-I, SR., OF PHILADELIHIA,y PENNSYLVANIA.

BOX OPENER.

Application filed June 15, 1922. Serial No. 568,443.

To all whom t may concern: boxes equipped with this device as the de- Be it known that I, ALBERT B. VIETH, Sr., niands of the trade may require. a citizen of the United States, residing at The lower edge of the side of the cover Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, have invented is preferably provided with an outwardly new and useful Improvements in Box Opendirected fiange, l0, to aiford a c'onvenient ers, of which the following is a specification. shoulder or abutment for the engagement of The object of this invention is to provide the nose of the lever, irrespective of the 60 an improved device for unseating and raisangular position which the cover may asing the covers of contai1iers,as for instance, sume relatively to the box. The side of the metal boxes designed for containing pastes box is shown provided with a stiffening bead l'of various kinds. ll, which also serves to limit the downward In the drawings accompanying this specimovement of the cover. This bead is shown 65 tication one practicable embodiment of the interrupted at the region of application of invention is shown applied to a box by way the bridge, and for a sufficient distance each l5 of illustration, in which drawings, side thereof to permit the necessary rotation Figure l shows a sheet metal box equipped of the lever. with my improved opening device, the box The rivet, 9, will preferably be sufficiently 70 being closet. tight to hold the lever somewhat flexed Fig. 2 shows the box illustrated in Fig. when in the Figure l position, so that it 1 with the opener moved to its opening powill remain in that position` Then it is lsition and the cover moved slightly beyond desired to open ythe box the lever is moved o the region of engagement therewith. from the Figure l to the Figure 2 position, 75 Fig. 3 is an enlarged horizontal section which raises the cover from the box. The taken at about the center of the fastening denose of the lever is preferably long enough vice as seen in Fig. l, and to extend to the top of the rim of the box Fig. 4 has an elevation on about the scale so that the cover will be pushed 'clear of it of Fig.V 3. at the point of engagement. S0

Many of the existing forms of openers, Necessary changes of detail may be made particularly those used upon boxes for conwithin the terms of the claims without detaining creams and pastes having a liquid parting from the spirit of my invention.

constituent or a volatile ingredient, have I claim as my invention: been found obiectionable owing to the fact l. A box opener, comprising an arched f5L that a hole necessarily had to be punched bridge, an opening lever, and a rivet conthrough the wall of the box to carry the necting the lever' and bridge, the head of the a5 pivot pin of the lid raising lever. Accordrivet being located within the arch of the ing to my invention, a fastening device in bridge, said bridge being adapted for applithe form of a lever, 5, is shown carried cation to the body of the box. 90 wholly upon the outside of the body, 6, of a 2. A box opener, comprising a sheet metal box adapted to engage the edge of the cover, att-aching member having Hat extending t0 or lid, 7. for unseating this. The lever, 5, ends for securenlent to the body of a box is shown pivoted to a bridge, 8, which in and au arch shaped central portion, und a turn is soldered or spot welded, or secured in cover engaging lever, the lever being riveted as some other suitable manner. to the body, 6, to the arch pmtion of the fastening of the boi;v The .center portion of the member. bridge is shown raised sufficiently above the ...i box opener, comprising :i securing end portions to admit the head of the rivet, bridge forineifi of sheet metal and having 9. between the bridge and the wall of the ends of considerable area for securenieiit to ino box. the cover of-a box, and an elevated subu I contemplate .making the fastening destantially fiat central portion, a curved vice, comprising the lever riveted to the lever, and a rivet` passing through the lever bridge, as an article of manufacture and and central portion of the bridge and holdsupplying this to box manufacturers for ing the lever flexedwhen in alignment with their application, and also to supply the the ends of the bridge.

4. The combination with a. sheet metal between such ends, a lever for engaging the box having a cover, the Sides of the cover cover, and a rivet passing through the lever and body of the box having telescopic relzrand the VCentral portion of the bridge and 10 tion, of rn opener comprising ,a securing' having lits head located between the bridge 5 bridge formed of ysheet metell and having :md the side ol the box.

ends of considerable area secured to the side Y of the box, and an elevated central por-Elon ALBERT B. VIETH, SR. 

